HYDRAULIC PLATFORMS
Strathclyde inherited a number of Simon SS65, SS85 and an Orbitor. One set of booms were re-chassied onto a Shelvoke and Drewry WY chassis. Then in 1983 a replacement programme was started and Simon SS263 booms were purchased and fitted onto Shelvoke and Drewry WY chassis with crew cabs. Three of these were purchased, then in 1986 a Dodge G16L chassis was purchased with a Scania 92M chassis being purchased for the booms in 1988. The Dodge and Scania chassis did not have a crew cab.
In 1997 a programme of re-chassing the SS263 booms was started, this time using Volvo FL10 chassis the fist of which was on a 6x2 chassis with the next three being on 6x4 chassis. The booms on the E registered Scania chassis have so far not been re-chassied.
With the exception of the Scania which has 'H' jacks all the others had 'A' frame jacks.
The advantage of the Hydraulic Platform is that it has a cage on the end of the booms which can be used as a working platform or in rescues you can get more than one person in the cage, then lower it to the ground and let them step out rather than having to guide them down a ladder. You can also put a casualty onto a stretcher then place the stretcher on the cage and accompany them down reassuring them on the way.
A disadvantage is that if it is not working at full height then it cannot rotate in a confined space.
(March 2005)
| Station | Reg. No. | Make and Bodybuilder | Type | Stations it has been at |
|
Sold |
MHS9E |
ERF 84PS/Fulton & Wylie/Simon SS85 |
HP |
C075 |
|
Sold |
MVA133F |
ERF 84PS/Fulton & Wylie/Simon SS85 |
HP |
E015/E045(Sold to Mullingar Eire) |
|
Sold |
RGD999G |
AEC Mercury 7/Bennett/Simon SS65 |
HPP |
A045/B075/Trg Sch (Ergomatic Cab) |
|
Gone |
513BGE |
AEC Mercury/Bennett/Simon SS65 |
HPP |
B075 (Booms to OYS620V)(Former TL chassis) |
|
Gone |
USD969K |
Commer VA/Fulton & Wylie/Orbitor 70’ |
HP |
D015 |
|
Gone |
OYS620V |
Shelvoke WY/F&W/Simon SS65 |
HP |
B075/Sold (Booms ex 513BGE) |
|
Gone |
A834WGG |
Shelvoke WY/Saxon/Simon SS263 |
HP |
E045?/B075/E015 (Booms to S909MGB) |
|
Gone |
B870AGD |
Shelvoke WY/Saxon/Simon SS263 |
HP |
A045 (Booms to R58DUS) |
|
Gone |
B871AGD |
Shelvoke WY/Saxon/Simon SS263 |
HP |
C075 (Booms to V757NGD) |
|
Gone |
C433KDS |
Dodge G16L/Fulton & Wylie/Simon SS263 |
HP |
D015 (Booms to S835JGB) |
|
Gone |
E695YNS |
Scania G92M/Saxon/Simon SS263 |
HP |
E045 |
|
Preservation |
R58DUS |
Volvo FL10 6x4/GB Fire/Simon SS263 |
HP |
D015 (Booms ex B870AGD)/?/Eric Carberry/Jamie McNab |
|
Gone |
S835JGB |
Volvo FL10 6x4/GB Fire/Simon SS263 |
HP |
E015 (was R123JDS Booms ex C433KDS) |
|
Gone |
S909MGB |
Volvo FL10 6x4/GB Fire/Simon SS263 |
HP |
C075 Booms ex A834WGG |
|
Gone |
V757NGD |
Volvo FL10 6x4/GB Fire/Simon SS263 |
HP |
D025 Booms ex B871AGD |
Photos of Hydraulic Platforms.